Posted by garnet71 on February 22, 2009, at 13:33:05
In reply to Re: Extreme fatigue-Wellbutrin/Adderall effective??? » garnet71, posted by Phillipa on February 22, 2009, at 12:50:57
You know Phillipa, I never understood that either. in simply knowing Ritalin was a CNS stimulant, I was scared to death to take it because of my panic attacks/anxiety. It does not, in any way, give me anxiety. I stayed away from reading up on Ritalin before I took it, at the advice of my PDoc who said it would ruin the plan. I'm glad I took his advice.
I don't know the brain chemistry involved like others here, but now that I was safe with Ritalin-I briefly checked up on it. It works on the receptors that are involved with concentration and overactivity of the brain somehow.
When I first tried it, it felt like taking a Xanax. Except I think it does make your heart beat faster, unlike Xanax. My anxiety awarness first starts in the area right in middle of my chest before it manifests everywhere else. even though I wasn't experiencing much anxiety symptoms at the time I started taking it, I always am somehow aware of that feeling. Ritalin somehow calms that area too. I was really blown away. It seems to actually help with anxiety, not the other way around as you would expect. However, I did recently read many comments on askapatient.com, where people said ADD meds caused severe anxiety. I think its just like any psych medication that will successfully correct neurotransmitter imbalances for those with problem areas affected by the meds.
I was so surprised how its affected me. I don't think its 'great'; this is not something I would ever take on a long-term basis, but it does help. When I finish school I can find a job where I can use my ADD 'skills' - such as the ability to relate everything to the 'big picture', detect unnoticed patterns, critical thinking about all angles of a subject or concept, thinking out of the box - and where I can utilize my creativity. Then I won't need the ADD meds anymore. Someone in the field once told me that with my mindset/cognitive type, I would make a great intelligence analyst. That's not a job I want to do, but there are jobs where people with ADD could be an asset to the organization. That's one example.
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